Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and President of Ukraine Attend Signing Ceremony of Draft Cooperation Program and Memoranda of Understanding between the Two Countries

Wednesday 1439/2/12 - 2017/11/01

Riyadh, Safar 12, 1439, November 01, 2017, SPA -- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and President Petro Poroshenko of the Republic of Ukraine attended at Al-Yammamh Palce here today a signing ceremony of draft cooperation program and memoranda of understanding between the two countries.
Before the signing ceremony, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques decorated the President of Ukraine King Abdulaziz Necklace Medal in recognition of his Excellency.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques also received from President of Ukraine the Order of Yaroslav the Wise of First Class, which is the highest order in Ukraine, in recognition of the King.
Then, a memorandum of understanding for investment cooperation in the field of agriculture was co-signed by Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdurrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhli, and Ukrainian Acting Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Maxime Martinok.
A draft cooperation program between Prince Saud Al-Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies and Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine was co-signed by Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmad Al-Jubeir and Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin.
A memorandum of understanding for cooperation and exchanging news between the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) and the Ukrainian News Agency was co-signed by President of the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) Abdullah bin Fahd Al-Hussain and Director General of the Ukrainian News Agency Alexander Kharchenko.
The signing ceremony was attended by a number of princes in addition to a number of Saudi and Ukrainian ministers and senior officials.
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17:16 LOCAL TIME 14:16 GMT